All Chapters of Vampire of the New World: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Flora had to stop after hearing Rosa speak. It was not the first time that she was told to take care of her daughter. Of course, Flora would take care of her. She’s Nadi’s mother after all. That look on Rosa’s face however seemed uncharacteristic of her usual acerbic nature and Flora even doubted at first if it was really she whom Rosa was referring to.Flora closed the door gently and found her way to the dining room where she saw Pablo pouring water into the guest’s glass. Pablo was quite at ease and did it efficiently. His hand steadily held the pitcher just an inch above the glass such that the water hardly made any sound. Then, Pablo quickly withdrew the pitcher and replaced it on the table. Afterwards, he approached his station near the food cart where he saw that Flora was already standing and looking at him.As Pablo walked towards Flora, he gave her a sharp look but did not say anything and just stood silently next to her. When the gues

“Nadi! Where are you?” asked Flora, feeling nervous with the disappearance of her daughter.“She’s with Eva,” said Rosa softly.Flora turned to Rosa and asked, “Where did they go? Where did she take my daughter?”“I asked Emil to show Eva the vegetable patch where she could pick the vegetables for lunch and they took your daughter with them,” explained Rosa.“But how long have they been gone?” Flora asked Rosa in a voice louder than she had intended. It was her daughter that went missing and she was quite concerned that she did not know where Nadi was.Rosa stopped writing and dropped her pen on the table. She eyed Flora who realized that she might have said something to offend the cook. Upon seeing Flora shrinking backwards, Rosa picked up her pen and went back to writing on a notepad.“They haven’t gone long. It would probably take them an hour to get to the spri

The guest finished his lunch with Pablo taking over most of the tasks of serving him, whether it was refilling the guest’s glass with water or taking out his used dishes and utensils. Pablo would immediately go to the guest’s side, just as the latter had drunk halfway through his glass of water or had taken the last morsels of the food served him. Pablo would signal to Flora to return quickly to her station after she had delivered the food on the table.Flora was confused as Pablo worked quickly and tried to prevent her from staying too long beside the guest. When the guest finally left the kitchen after a ‘thank you’ and a fleeting smile, Flora got to clearing the table and arranging the chair that the guest had left.Pablo approached Flora and she felt nervous, anticipating another admonishment from Pablo. “How many times do I have to tell you not to talk to our guest?” Pablo asked, his eyes practically blazing as Flor

It was already late when Flora was able to finish her work with the dough. She placed the last container of dough in the refrigerator and closed the appliance door. It was hard work, but she was used to it and reminded herself that she was doing it for her daughter. She looked behind her at the table that had already been cleaned and emptied of pots, containers, and cooking implements. The vegetable trimmings had been placed in bins, ready to be collected the following day by Emil.Flora sighed as she felt her tired muscles from an extended day at work. It had been peaceful in the last couple of hours when Rosa had left her alone in the kitchen to finish preparing the dough. Eva left much earlier after she had done washing the serving plates and utensils used by their lone guest. Flora did not like being alone much and wanted to have someone to talk to as she worked, but it seemed that she would need to get used to working with superiors who frown at her for talking.F

“Oh! Did he?” said Flora, recalling seeing Emil’s back as he stood in front of Eva’s door.“Yes, he did!” Eva giggled softly. “I was lying in bed and I was crying my eyes out because of the awful way that Pablo treated me. I happened to look at my door and saw something block the light from under it, like there was a person standing just outside my door. I got an uneasy feeling as to who it might be at that hour, and I walked towards the door to take a peek from the peeping hole and see who it was. I was taken aback when I saw Emil’s face looking so pitifully sad with a distant look in his eyes. He seemed deeply confused and pained, or maybe it was just that he was looking at my door wondering if he was going to knock or not. So, what I did was I wiped the tears from my eyes and quickly burst my door open without saying anything,” said Eva.“What did he do? How did he react?” Flora wanted to know.